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    • Harnessing Smart Sensor Technology for Industrial Energy Efficiency- Making Process-Specific Efficiency Projects Cost Effective with a Broadly Configurable, Network-Enabled Monitoring Tool 
      Wiczer, J. J.; Wiczer, M. B. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2011)
      To improve monitoring technology often re-quired by industrial energy efficiency projects, we have developed a set of power and process monitoring tools based on the IEEE 1451.2 smart sensor interface standard. These tools ...
    • Harrison Radiator Division's Energy Management, Reporting and Accounting System 
      Goubeaux, R. J. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1986-06)
      Energy management is essential for obtaining the lowest possible product manufacturing cost. Many systems have been created over the years to manage the energy used in manufacturing. However, for a variety of reasons, ...
    • Harvesting Residuals-Economic Energy Link 
      Owens, E. T.; Curtis, D. B. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1986-06)
      A description of systems used in integrated harvesting of quality and unmerchantable trees is outlined for three areas in New Brunswick, Canada. The silvicultural benefits and the use of residues as an alternative to ...
    • Harvesting the Rain, An Overview of the Rainwater Collection Systems at McKinney ISD 
      Schreppler, S.; Estes, J. M.; Dupont, D. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2002)
      The primary goal of sustainable design is to utilize the natural resources offered by the surrounding environment. Considering the drought conditions over the past several years, water is a resource that received significant ...
    • Health Monitoring and Continuous Commissioning of Centrifugal Chiller Systems 
      Cui, J.; Wang, S. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2004)
      This paper presents strategies for detecting and diagnosing the chiller component faults and the sensor faults involved in chiller conditioning monitoring and control. The two strategies are used in series. One strategy diagnoses ...
    • The Healthy Port Communities Coalition 
      Thomas, Stephanie (2018-09-25)
    • Heat and Power Systems Design 
      Spriggs, H. D.; Shah, J. V. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1987-09)
      The selection of heat and power systems usually does not include a thorough analysis of the process heating, cooling and power requirements. In most cases, these process requirements are accepted as specifications ...
    • Heat Balance Analysis to Validate the Heat Dissipation Rate of a Man-Made Lake as a Heat Rejection 
      Song, L.; Hayes, T.; Dawson, M. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2011)
      Power plants were originally designed to use convenient bodies of water and cooling towers due to unavailability of these sources. Though the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has been pushing regulation that requires ...
    • Heat Exchanger Fouling- Prediction, Measurement and Mitigation 
      Peterson, G. R. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1989-09)
      The U. S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Industrial Programs (OIP) sponsors the development of innovative heat exchange systems. Fouling is a major and persistent cost associated with most industrial heat exchangers ...
    • Heat Exchanger Monitoring and Its Application to Cleaning and Antifoulant Use 
      Garcia, E.; Leach, S. H.; VanNostrand, W. L. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1983)
      Many refineries and chemical plants are presently experiencing considerable fuel savings and reduced maintenance costs as a result of their heat exchanger monitoring activities. Significant energy credits can be generated ...
    • Heat Exchanger Network Targeting, Design and Analysis: The MIDAS Package 
      Barton, I.; Jones, D. H.; Smith, G. J. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1987-09)
      Recent work to consolidate pinch-based procedures for targeting, design and analysis of heat exchanger networks (HENs) has focused on the production of powerful, user-friendly software. Advanced optimization techniques, ...
    • Heat Exchanger Technologies for Distillation Columns 
      Polley, G. T. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2002-04)
      In this paper we look at the challenges that improvements in energy efficiency of distillation systems presents the heat exchanger designer. We examine each type of exchanger in turn. Heat exchanger size is minimized if ...
    • Heat Integrate Heat Engines in Process Plants 
      Hindmarsh, E.; Boland, D.; Townsend, D. W. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1986-06)
      This paper presents a novel method for the integration of heat engines into total processes to effect large energy savings. Paybacks are often short. The method is applicable to new designs and retrofits and is ...
    • Heat Integration and Heat Recovery at a Large Chemical Manufacturing Plant 
      Togna, K .A. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2012)
      The Honeywell chemical plant located in Hopewell, Virginia includes processing units that purify raw phenol, react the phenol with hydrogen to form crude cyclohexanone, and purify the crude cyclohexanone. In order to reduce ...
    • Heat Loss Measurement Using Infrared Imaging 
      Seeber, S. A. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1983)
      Infrared thermography has proven to be an important tool in numerous plant maintenance and energy conservation applications. Quantitative measurement, using infrared imaging instruments, is a powerful new dimension of ...
    • Heat Pipe Impact on Dehumidification, Indoor Air Quality and Energy Savings 
      Cooper, J. T. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1996)
    • Heat Pipe Technology for Energy Conservation in the Process Industry 
      Price, B. L. Jr. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1985-05)
      Many applications for heat pipe technology have emerged in the relatively short time this technology has been known. Heat pipes incorporated in heat exchangers have been used in tens of thousands of successful heat ...
    • Heat Pipes: An Industrial Application 
      Murray, F. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1984)
      This paper reviews the basics of heat pipe exchangers. Included are how they are constructed, how they operate, where they have application, and various aspects of evaluating a potential application. After discussing the ...
    • Heat Pump Application- An Industrial Case Study 
      Shukla, D.; Umoh, R. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1990-06)
      The economics of heat pumping across a distillation column is usually dependent on the amount of additional compressor work required to lift thermal energy from a low source temperature to a high sink temperature. A ...
    • Heat Pump Cycle with Solution Circuit and Internal Heat Exchange 
      Radermacher, R. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1986-06)
      Vapor compression heat pumps which employ working fluid mixtures rather than pure substances offer significant advantages leading to larger temperature lifts at low pressure ratios or to completely new applications. The ...